Restored steam locomotive museum welcomes visitors
A vintage steam locomotive on open-air display serves as a key attraction for museum visitors.
Türkiye’s landmark Çamlık Steam Locomotives Open-Air Museum has reopened near the Aegean town of Selçuk after a sweeping restoration, putting a vital piece of the nation’s transit history back on display.
After three months of conservation, repainting and landscaping work, the museum has resumed welcoming visitors to its sprawling 50-decare site, where some of the world’s best-preserved steam locomotives stand alongside historic railway infrastructure.
Located on the historic İzmir-Aydın railway — the first railway line built in the Ottoman Empire — the museum traces nearly two centuries of rail transport, illustrating the technological evolution that helped shape modern transportation in the region.
